. >> doloi tsarya! doloi tsarya! ys reporter: this one says "down with the czar," a reference to president putin who will be heaugurated on monday for another six years in office. but the police soon grabbed navalny and hauled him away. now that navalny has been arrested, his supporters have been left here without a leader, with no plan and with police moving in aggressively to clear them out. in some places things got very ugly. but everybody who showed up today knew that was likely, but they came anyway. >> the main purpose is to just come out in the streets and just state that we are here- that we are present. >> reporter: just to show yourselves? >> yes, that's why i come to these protestations. >> reporter: but others in the crowd said they wanted more leadership from navalny than simply videos of him getting arrested that go viral online. and as for other russian opposition leaders, they're frustrated because navalny insists on going it alone instead of joining forces with them in a coalition: maxim katz ib wit